The World Health Organization warns that birds seem not be the only means of H7N9 transmission. Professor Malik Peiris, a key investigator of the virus, tells us what we need to know about prevention.

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... the the ... one is banning the slot of life she can see in traditional wet market after the first case at eight seven and nine was found outside mainland China ... I'm Deborah con joining me now is professor Molly has from Hong Kong University one of the key investigators into this bias ... has just returned I'm traveling with a delegation of from the World Health Organization ... has invested to see you ... um ... this is being called and I'm usually dangerous virus why so ... uses it because it is this honor ... union that is the biases ... this one seems to be given to infect humans more ready ... than the previous ones you've you've been touched by the law ... so that is the boss said ... we heard of a couple of cases where people haven't been around six and or birds ... aam I think you can check them but they did contract the virus ... does this mean that it's it's already mutated you're able to get a human to human no that doesn't mean a ... and B C Strauss was a good human to human toll ... indeed many such investigations you to find ... some patients and not at the OBS is back to the kitchen ... it ... might be some new directives for the bed and then all of them ... but I think the most convincing in meetings all ... day of the vintage forties the fact that Shanghai ... following the rules are applied for markets in Shanghai on sixty eight the ... number of cases is to remedy the time ... being ... initially that despite its still adding from forty ... two humans and is not ... yet adapted to additions to the human transmission ... and you are all so I wanna bake key biologists who is investigating age five and was aware there was an outbreak several years back ... in terms of how I love ... this add the new virus and eight seven and nine is spreading and eight compared to the last one what are the differences ... in the symbol of differences with us the cities and it seems to infect humans movies in ... the second ... difference is that despite is doesn't hold any reviews disease in poultry ... so that means it's mindful of the feet of track ... I miss you had to do when it agreed to stay on for the moon not know all that he's in any given time ... the city will change ... do you keep track of the muscles of the final credits eighteen ... the songs and things up ... a K and a professor Perez what about on the and the possibility of adding adopting a vaccine and that for this fire is is that's ... being talked about and and is that something that Daddy retail is ... is considering running a necessity given ... up ... all the reasons that the two stocks ... the initial reasons the new name ... beginning the process ... the the the steps that you see making the right stains and getting ... the sinking a stand in rows with aggressive enough in that sector ... so those of the process is been been stopped ... in different engine tuning diabetes and asthma ... but what has not been decided is that it is necessary to move ... up or the Bay to actually make a vaccine and tested in humans so that the system the state in the midst of a ban on the basis of others this it's it's ... at and how alarming is that that we're seeing our first case in Taiwan ... back is not that again is surprising me and given the amount of traffic that ... the the ... mainland China and Taiwan him all along ... that column ... you know why it is beyond the Fed ... I'll update this sexy holdings on but ... we do not be surprising to see visions of being ... detected in some these other business ... that bind so I'm only going on between those are really change the nation very much ... as always the brightest and remains ... I may lose trust in addition to from human to human I'll what it means is that the stations at being diagnosed in that region ... it doesn't necessary mean it's it was a Aubree in Taiwan or whatever ... and that I believe this band in at just over a hundred cases a hundred and seven was the latest big air I think on ... I've that this case is that twenty just twenty three I believe have died and ... how alarming is the death rates and in terms of how many people are contracting aspirants at this early stage ... that people use dependency ratio ... that he's played the secret to settle this point in time ... because a I think he's very high fever that are more money and pieces of not being recognize that Islam is the key is an annual rate ... because it's putting them on CDs is that I missed it in and out with a loss ... so it is quite Aussie The and that the mind of cases that are not being ... detected and then brought to the board ... analysis ... so ... because of that the that is intended to use more clues on what the incident ... these obligations that need to be investigated and ... societies to three steps out of the ... ever present as I am confident that the Chinese government is being very transparent on this fire is are you getting is that every age and getting the information that they need ... the opposite gender devised by my ... own views and some members of the huge ... didn't mind this is the joy into confusion BP beat estimates to ... go in and expense ... the indigenous on to the extent that China was being extremely ... Wolven CrossFit into a ... on the city in each ... now ... that the challenge going forward of course is that that the spiders use ... for ... OCD going to see this for some time ... at home we continue to buy this beauty ... seventy ... five ... keep in mind that often are always only four weeks since otherwise this post recognize so there's a long readable ... and won't get it right ... and I think a lot of people's minds right now what should people be doing to protect themselves at this point in time ... and how concerned should we be ... I think you know the ... ones who let the yuan Median Leo visiting any of the intensity as the moment ... that by and large is in ... the recent bouts of China ... try to tell food menu of easy days as a lifeline for the markets and ... the venue exposed to online for free ... I'm you know how to handle such a honeymoon phase of me show you wash your hands of the ... optimists ... about using chicken SCA is not the main interest fact that ... as long as this article ... by legal means ... the national rate ... the inside which means that that that that has all the ... be grateful that needs to improve so as long as the four of these faithful ... would sell he says ... I've that the risk is viewed by exposure to sunlight that ... okay thanks Fran that's professor Ma Like Perez from Hong Kong University ... for more on the bird flu you can go to Des beest dot com I'm Deborah con